BBC East Anglia Peel

[markc63@...]

I remember listening to the shows while I was living in Northamptonshire in the late 80's early 90's. I think they were broadcast early Sunday evenings and featured an assistant (Melissa?) who Peely mentioned was a friend of the family and wanted a job in the music business. 

 I think it started out as just BBC Suffolk and Norfolk but then Bedfordshire, Cambs and Northants joined in too.
 

 I remember him saying he was asked to add a 'local' bent to the programmes but his answer was that everywhere was local to somewhere, and used this as an excuse to play pretty much his usual wide playlist.
 

 I think they lasted about a year before he gave them up claiming overwork and not being able to devote sufficient time to the preparation. 
 

 I have a snippet of one of the shows on the end of one of my compilation tapes, but I can't remember which one, so I will have to keep you in suspense until it turns up.
 

 Mark C